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Originally Posted by Lord Twig
Indeed! I have heard people complain loudly about GM fudging, but I never understood it. For some reason it is okay for a system to fudge a dice roll by having points, but it is not okay for a system to fudge dice by saying, "GMs can fudge dice for cinematic effect if they wish".
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Simple, really. One's entirely arbitrary, one is systematic and regulated.
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To reiterate:
Random bandit rolls critical impale to the head of a hero with an arbalist.
GM: "Looks like a critical to the arm! You'll be out of it for a while."
This is BAD!
Random bandit rolls critical impale to the head of a hero with an arbalist.
GM: "Looks like you took a critical hit to the head. Your dead."
Player: "I spend a hero point so it hits the arm instead."
GM: "Okay, I guess it hits the arm."
This is GOOD! This is revolutionary! This is the future of RPGs everywhere! 
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Again, the latter is a systematic fix to the problem; the former is a brute force solution, much like constantly ignoring a rule because it doesn't do what you want it to.